Gearing.



J. BURNS.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.21,1911. I Ll i fil Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

a sHEETwsHEBTL J. EDENS.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 0G1.21, 1911. 1,017,251, Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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J. BDENS. GEARING. APPLICATION FILED 0(1'1221, 1911. 1,017,251 PatentedFeb. 13,1912.

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mcw z yigzww 'l D S JOHN EDENS, F DAVENPORT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO H. F.BRAMMEB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, A CORPORATION'OFIOWA.

GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. is, rare.

Application filed. ()ctober 21,1911. Serial No. 'e55, s52.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN EDENS, a citizen ofthe United States,- and a resident of l Davenport, in the county ofScott and State -of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements 1n Gear ng; and I do hereby declare that the following isav full,

- clear, and exact description thereof, refertion.

after described and more particularly point-- ed out in the appendedclaims. Y

The invention as shown herein is applie to a wringer attached to awashing machine of a familiar type comprising a tub or receptacle forcontaming the clothes and water, and provided with a beater or dollymounted on a shaft depending, through the lid into the tub and adaptedto be given an oscillatory, rotary movement by means of the drivingmechanism, so that the clothes are agitated by a stirring motion, firstin one direction and then in the reverse direction. A wringer offamiliar type is attached to the top of the washing machine tub, and myimproved operating mechanism includes means'for driving the'operatingshaft of said wringer continuously in either direction, a reversingdevice being provided which may be adjusted to either of threepositions, in two of which continuous rotary movement is imparted to theoperating shaft of the wringer while in the intermediate position ofsaid reversing device the driving mechanism has no effect to rotate saidoperating shaft of the .wringer.

My improved mechanism is particularly of advantage in connection withthe use of power, although it may be operated by hand.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a view representing in side elevation myimproved operating mechanism when applied to the tub of a washingmachine; Fig. 2 is a view representing a top plan view of the partsshown in Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a view representing on an enlarged scale, apartial vertical section through Fig. 1, in a plane indicated by theline 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of a part of themechanism as looked at in the direction of the arrows 4-4 as shown inFig. 5; Fig. 5 is a view in elevation representing, on an enlargedscale, a part'of the mechanism as viewed in the direction of the arrowsindicated by '5-5 in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken ina plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is aviewrepresenting a transverse section through the part shown in Fig. 6,in the plane indicatedby the line 77 of Fig. 6.

'Referringl nowto that embodiment of my invention illustrated in :thedrawings, 10 indicates a tub of familiar construction supported onupright. legs 11, 11. Said legs are rigidly braced apart near theirlower ends by diagonally arranged bars 11*, 11, which also, as willpresently appear, act to support the base board of a motor for drivingthe opera-ting mechanism. The tub has a hinged lid 12 connected byhinges 12 12 to a horizontal board 13 forming a part of the top closureof the tub. The top of the tub provides a support for the improvedoperating mechanism.

13 indicates the usual beater, fixed to the lower .end of a verticalshaft 14:,which depends through an aperture in the hinged lid and isrotatively suspended from a bearing formed in a base plate 15 secured tothe hinged lid of the tub. Above 'the tub-lid is at one end a spur-gear17 and projecting at its other end into a spherical shell creasing 18within whi ch it has fixed to it a gear 19.

A bearing member 20 rises from the baseplate 15 and provides bearing forthe shaft 16 at a place spaced from the shell 18. As shown in thedrawings, the bearing member 20, the bearing plate 15 and one-half ofthe sphericalshell 18* are made in one casting. The other half of theshell 18 is punched from sheet metal and is adapted to be sprung upon anannular flange 18 formed in the cast-section of the shell and is hingedthereto by means of a loop 18 which is inserted through a slot 18 in thecast shell. 7

The vertical dolly shaft 14 extends through the casing 18 and the gear19 at that end of the shaft 16 which projects into the casing 18, isadapted for engagement; with radial teeth 20 on a vertically. movablesleeve 21' feathered on said dolly shaft. Two

of said pins are provided. with prolonga tions 22 adapted when saidsleeve reaches the limits of its intended amplitude of oscillation toengage with curved guide-plates 23 made rigid with the casing so as tohold said pins in engagement with the teeth of the gear 19. Thus thegear 19, though rotating continuously in one direction engages first theupper sides of the pins 20 and then on account of the endwise movementof the. sleeve 21 on the dolly shaft, brought about by the engagement ofthe pin prolongations 22 with the curved guide plates 23, engages on thelower side of said pins, so that a rotary oscillatory motion is impartedto the sleeve 21 and through it to the dolly-shaft 1 1. Thisconstruct-ion is familiar and needs no further description.

24 indicates v a short horizontal driving shaft located in the samevertical plane as the shaft 16 but at a level below said shaft andhaving. bearin in upright arms 25, 25 rising from a ase-plate 25 securedto the fixed top of the tub. A pinion 26 rig-- idly secured too'ne endof said shaft 24 meshes with the gear 17 at the outer end of theauxiliary driving shaft 16. To the other end of said shaft 24 is secureda large flywheel 27 having a grooved periphery so that it may act as'apulley. As shown in the drawings, said pulley 27 is driven by anelectric motor 28 mounted on aboard 29 rigidly secured in the angle ofthe cross bars 11*. The motor drives the fly-wheel and its shaft 2-1continuously in one direction, and the shaft 2% in turn drives the shaft16 continuously in one direction, and the cont-inuous rotation of thelatter shaft is converted into a rotary, oscillatory movement of thedolly-shaft, as above explained. V

30 indicates the usual wringer board secured to the fixed top of the tuband pro vided with upright end boards 30 30, to which the ends of thewringer are clamped in a familiar manner. As shown herein, said wringerextends in a direction parallel to the driving shaft 24.

31 indicates the wringer, as awhole, and 32, 33, the rolls thereof. Oneof the wringer rolls, in this case, the lower roll, has a shaft 32 whichprojects beydnd the wringer frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The shaft32 beyond the wringer is journaled in upright spaced arms 35, 35, risingfrom the base-plate 25. On said shaft between the upright bearing arms35 and abutting at either end against the inner faces of and arms, isrigidly secured a square bushing 36.

37, 38 indicate oppositely disposed beveled gears which, as will appear,are the reversing gears and which are made rigid with-a sleeve 39mounted on the square bushing 36 and capable of endwise movementthereon.

4.0 indicates an auxiliary driving shaft extending at right angles tothe wringer opermain driving shaft 24; and said shaft Said shaft 40 hasbearing in arms -10, 10", rising from the base-plate 25. A beveled gearll fixed to one end of the shaft 40 meshes with a beveled pinion keyedto the main driving shaft 24:. A beveled pin ion 43 secured to the otherend of said shaft 410 is adapted for engagement with either of thebeveled gears 37 and 38.

1% indicates a gear casing comprising shields 44?, 44 for covering andprotecting the reversing gears 37, 38, and a shield 44: for the beveledpinion 43 which is adapted for driving said reversing gears, saidshields being connected by an annular web 14, proatin shaft 32 andextending between the vided on its inner surface with a radial, an-.

nular flange etl. Said flange 14 engages within an annular groove 39formed in the cylindric surface of the sleeve 39. A lever 45 (see F ig.is fulcrumed on an upright lug 45 rising from the base-plate 25. Theupper end 16 of said lever has pivotal con-- iiection with the web 4.4ofthe gear casing 44 and its lower end 17 has pivotal connection with alink or bar 48 extending parallel to the wringer to a point beyond itsright hand end, as shown in Fin 2.

To impart longitudinai movement to the sleeve 39 on its bushing 36 "o asto bring either of the beveled gears y 38 into en gagement with thebeveled pinion on the auxiliary driving shaft 40 or into neutral.position and to lock it in any one of these three positions, thefollowing mechanism is provided: 51 indicates a plate extending in aVertical plane parallel tothe l 8 and made integral with a vertical hsecured to the end board 30 of the \vringer board 30 which is farthestremoved from the reversing gears and in this case at the righthand endof the wringer. A lever 52 is pivot-ally connected to said plate and itslower end has pivotal connection with the link-bar 48. The base-plate 51has a slotted depending projection 51 which provides a guide for thelink 48 adjacent the lever 52. It is apparent that by swinging saidlever 52 toward or away from the 'wringer, the desired movement of thesleeve 39 carrying the beveled gears 37, 38 may be brought about; ,Theplate 51 is provided with three holes 53, 54, 55, arranged in the are ofa circle and corresponding in posi- 'tion, respectively, with a positionof the sleeve when the gear 38 is in mesh with the pinion 43, with aneutral position of said sleeve and with a position of said sleeve whenthe gear 37 is in mesh with said pinion The lever '52 is made rigid witha short shaft 52 (see Fig. t), which has hearing at one end in anaperture in the plate 51 and at its other end in a lug 51 rigid with thebase-plate 51 and spaced from said plate .51. A coiled spring 56 ismounted on said disengage the pin 52' from the hole within which it isengaged whereupon said lever may be swung to bring the pin oppositeeither one of the other holes corresponding to the desired position ofthe sleeve carrying the reversing gears 37, 38, whereupon the pressureof the hand on the lever is released andthe pressure of the springagainst the lever causes the pin to engage in the hole opposite to whichit is placed, so as to lock said sleeve in either of the desiredpositions.

The gear 17 is covered by means of a shield plate 17 securedtothe top ofthe bearing member 2-0. The beveled gear 41 is likewise covered by ashield plate suitably formed to inclose it on top, said plate beingsecured to the upright bearing arm 25 rising from the base-plate 25.

It will be noted that in the arrangement of the device for shifting thereversing gears, the lever for operating the same is located at theright-hand end of the wringer, as is shown in Fig. 2, so that when thetub lid is open, the person using the washing machine naturally standson the right-hand side of the tub in a position more or less facing thedriving pulley and the wringer, and the right-hand is in position toreach the operating lever with ease in orderto stop the wringer or tostart it into operation in either direction;

It is apparent from the construction described, that when-the lid isopen, the gear 17 is disengaged from the pinion 26, which drives it sothat the continued rotation of the fly-wheel pulley andv the partsdriven thereby will have no effect on the dollyshaft which remains atrest until the lid is' mon base-plate 25 supported on the top of thetub. By reason of this construction, the alinement of the several shaftsis always maintained, and there is no danger of the gears becomingdisengaged or inoperative by reason of the warping or other deformationof the top of the tub.

I claim as my invention: a I

1. An operating mechanism for wringers and the like comprising a drivingsh aft; a driven shaft adapted to be rotated in either direction, anendwise movable sleeve mounted on said driven shaft and rotatablethere'- with, said, sleeve having an annular groove in its outersurface, oppositely placed reversing gears made rigid with said sleeve,a pinion rigidly secured to said driving shaft and adapted forengagement witheither of gagement with said beveled pinion or in aneutral position at either side of said pinion.

. 2. An operating mechanism for wringers and the like, comprising adriving shaft, a 30 driven shaft adapted to be rotated in eitherdirection, an endwise movable sleeve mounted on said driven shaft androtatable there, with, oppositely placed reversing gears made rigid withsaid sleeve, a pinion fixed 5 to said driving shaft and adapted forengagement. with either of said reversing gears, a gear casing havingrotative bearing on said sleeve but being fixed against movementon saidsleeve in a direction endwise thereof, and means acting on said gearcasing to move it in either direction parallel to the longitudinal axisof said sleeve.

3. An operating mechanism for driving a wringer and the like comprisinga driving shaft, a driven shaft, an endwise movable sleeve mounted onsaid driven shaft and rotatable therewith, said sleeve having an.annular groove in its periphery, oppositely placed reversing gears maderigid with said sleeve, a pinion secured to said driving shaft andadapted for engagement with either of said reversing gears, a gearcasing adapted for the protection of said reversing gears and provided.with a radial flange on its inner surface engaging within the groove ofsaid sleeve, a lever fulcrumed to swing in a plane parallel to thedirection of move ment of said sleeve, said lever having piv otalconnection with said gear casing, a hand lever located a distancefromsaid first lever, a link operatively conne'etingsaid two levers, andmeans adapted to lock said hand lever in either of its positionscorresponding.

to'the two operative positions and the neutral position of saidreversing gears.

- 4:. Anoperating mechanism for driving a wringer and the likecomprising a driving shaft, a drivenshaft, a bushing of rectangularcross section fixed to said driven shaft, a sleeve having endwisemovement on said bushing provided. with an annular groove in itsperiphery, oppositely placed reversing gears made rigid with saidsleeve, a pinion secured to said driving'shaft and adapted125 forengagement with either of said reversing gears, a gear casing adaptedfor the protection of said reversing gears and provided with a radialflange on its inner surface engaging within the groove of said sleeve, a130 Cir lever fulcrurned to swing in a plane parallel to the directionof movement of said sleeve, said lever having pivotalconnection Withsaid gear casing, a hand lever located at a distance from said firstlever, a link operatively connecting said two levers, and means adaptedto lock said hand lever in either of its positions corresponding to thetwo op-' erative positions and the neutral position or" said reversinggears.

5. An operating mechanism for wringers and the like comprising a maindriving "shaft, an auxiliary driving shaftat right" with said sleeve, apinion rigidly secured to said auxiliary driving shaft and adapted forengagement with either of said reversmg gears, means for impartingendivlse movement to said sleeve in elther direction,

a locking device adapted to lock said sleeve 25 With either of thereversing gears in engagement ivlth said plnlon or in neutral positionat elther side oi said pinion, and

a common base-plate provided ith upright bearing arms for said severalshafts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of Oct. A. D.1911.

' JOHN EDENS.

"Witnesses:

H. G. BRAUNLIGH, Qrro Rlnorrn.

